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<span class=large>THE REVELATION</span><br/> OF ST JOHN THE DIVINE
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CHAPTER 17
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John is shown that Babylon the great, the mother of harlots and abominations, has become established throughout the earth.
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And</span> there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the <sup>a</sup><a href="rev/17/1a" mark="a" type="A" title="Rev. 18: 3 (3-9); Rev. 19: 2.">judgment</a> of the great <sup>b</sup><a href="rev/17/1b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Devil, Church of.">whore</a> that sitteth upon many <sup>c</sup><a href="rev/17/1c" mark="c" type="A" title="Jer. 51: 13.">waters</a>:
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With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the <sup>a</sup><a href="rev/17/2a" mark="a" type="A" title="Isa. 24: 6.">inhabitants</a> of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her <sup>b</sup><a href="rev/17/2b" mark="b" type="A" title="1 Ne. 14: 13 (9-13).">fornication</a>.
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So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of <sup>a</sup><a href="rev/17/3a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Name.">names</a> of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
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And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand <sup>a</sup><a href="rev/17/4a" mark="a" type="A" title="D&C 10: 21.">full</a> of abominations and <sup>b</sup><a href="rev/17/4b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Filthiness.">filthiness</a> of her fornication:
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And upon her forehead <i>was</i> a name written, <sup>a</sup><a href="rev/17/5a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Secret Combinations.">MYSTERY</a>, <sup>b</sup><a href="rev/17/5b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Babylon.">BABYLON</a> THE GREAT, THE <sup>c</sup><a href="rev/17/5c" mark="c" type="A" title="D&C 88: 94.">MOTHER</a> OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
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And I saw the woman drunken with the <sup>a</sup><a href="rev/17/6a" mark="a" type="A" title="Rev. 18: 24 (22-24).">blood</a> of the saints, and with the blood of the <sup>b</sup><a href="rev/17/6b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Martyrdom.">martyrs</a> of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great <sup>c</sup><a href="rev/17/6c" mark="c" type="P" title="GR astonishment, wonder.">admiration</a>.
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And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel?  I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns.
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The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into <sup>a</sup><a href="rev/17/8a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Death, Spiritual, Second; TG Hell.">perdition</a>: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the <sup>b</sup><a href="rev/17/8b" mark="b" type="A" title="Ps. 139: 16.">book</a> of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.
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And here <i>is</i> the <sup>a</sup><a href="rev/17/9a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Mind.">mind</a> which hath wisdom.  The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.
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And there are seven <sup>a</sup><a href="rev/17/10a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Kings, Earthly.">kings</a>: five are fallen, and one is, <i>and</i> the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.
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And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.
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And the ten <sup>a</sup><a href="rev/17/12a" mark="a" type="A" title="Dan. 7: 24.">horns</a> which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.
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These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.
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These shall make <sup>a</sup><a href="rev/17/14a" mark="a" type="A" title="Rev. 16: 14.">war</a> with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is <sup>b</sup><a href="rev/17/14b" mark="b" type="C" title="Deut. 10: 17; Rev. 19: 16 (11-16); TG Jesus Christ, Lord; TG Jesus Christ, Power of.">Lord</a> of lords, and <sup>c</sup><a href="rev/17/14c" mark="c" type="A" title="Dan. 2: 47; 1 Tim. 6: 15.">King</a> of kings: and they that are with him <i>are</i> called, and chosen, and faithful.
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And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.
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And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the <sup>a</sup><a href="rev/17/16a" mark="a" type="A" title="1 Ne. 22: 13 (13-14).">whore</a>, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and <sup>b</sup><a href="rev/17/16b" mark="b" type="A" title="Rev. 18: 8 (6-18).">burn</a> her with fire.
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For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and <sup>a</sup><a href="rev/17/17a" mark="a" type="A" title="Dan. 8: 24.">give</a> their kingdom unto the beast, until the <sup>b</sup><a href="rev/17/17b" mark="b" type="A" title="D&C 1: 37.">words</a> of God shall be fulfilled.
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And the woman which thou sawest is that great <sup>a</sup><a href="rev/17/18a" mark="a" type="A" title="Rev. 14: 8.">city</a>, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.
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